nounoun.

Brit.

/ˈnuːnuː/, U.S.

/ˈnuˌnu/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nounou.

Etymology: < French nounou (1857), reduplication of nou- (in nourrice nourice n.).

Now rare.

A nanny; a wet nurse.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up > nurse

nouricec1225

nursea1325

rockera1325

nourish1340

nursha1382

nursery nurse1494

nutrice1529

nurse-girl1596

dry-nursea1616

nursey1760

bonne1771

ayah1782

nanny1785

momma1803

nursery girla1812

mammy1837

nanac1844

day nurse1855

caretaker1858

nursekin1862

Norland1894

nounou1894

nurselet1894

Plunket1909

metapelet1950

1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby II. vi. 208 In the formal dusty gardens were the same pioupious and zouzous still walking with the same nounous.

1900 Glasgow Herald 17 July 4 He was in the charge of a nou-nou (wet nurse).

1930 Observer 23 Feb. 12/1 The ‘nou-nous’ which it was naturally the chief object of the ‘piou-pious’ of that period to dazzle.

1951 M. Sharp Lise Lillywhite i. 9 A sea-sick nounou.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nounou
释义	nounoun. Brit. /ˈnuːnuː/, U.S. /ˈnuˌnu/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nounou. Etymology: < French nounou (1857), reduplication of nou- (in nourrice nourice n.). Now rare. A nanny; a wet nurse. ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up > nurse nouricec1225 nursea1325 rockera1325 nourish1340 nursha1382 nursery nurse1494 nutrice1529 nurse-girl1596 dry-nursea1616 nursey1760 bonne1771 ayah1782 nanny1785 momma1803 nursery girla1812 mammy1837 nanac1844 day nurse1855 caretaker1858 nursekin1862 Norland1894 nounou1894 nurselet1894 Plunket1909 metapelet1950 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby II. vi. 208 In the formal dusty gardens were the same pioupious and zouzous still walking with the same nounous. 1900 Glasgow Herald 17 July 4 He was in the charge of a nou-nou (wet nurse). 1930 Observer 23 Feb. 12/1 The ‘nou-nous’ which it was naturally the chief object of the ‘piou-pious’ of that period to dazzle. 1951 M. Sharp Lise Lillywhite i. 9 A sea-sick nounou. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1894
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